Ex-chair of St. Petersburg Legal Committee fined for abuse of officeEx-chair of the Legal Committee of St. Petersburg has been sentenced to a 50,000-ruble (about $800) fine for abuse of authority.17:26 11.09.2019
Russia’s lower house of parliament adopts bill on drone use in first readingThe State Duma passed a bill regulating the law enforcement bodies’ power to repress the use of air drones by citizens for unlawful purposes in the first reading on Wednesday.16:11 11.09.2019
Bill on criminal punishment for false expert findings backed by State Duma committeeThe State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation on Wednesday recommended that the MPs pass in the first reading a bill on criminal punishment for knowingly false expert findings.15:33 11.09.2019
State Duma committees to consider initiative on amnesty for minor and female convictsChairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has ordered authorized committees to consider a proposal to pardon certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations made by children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.14:48 11.09.2019
Russian citizen gets 5 years in Estonian prison for spying - reportA court in Estonia sentenced a Russian national, whose name was not disclosed, to 5 years in prison for espionage.13:30 11.09.2019
Judge proposes to return Serebrennikov embezzlement case to prosecutorsMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday raised the question of return of an embezzlement case involving theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to prosecutors.11:47 11.09.2019
Tax evasion trial of businessman Polonsky’s colleague set for September 20Moscow’s Presnensky District Court scheduled hearing of a case against Stanislav Seroka, ex-deputy board chair of Mirax Group (renamed as Potok) corporation, founded by notorious tycoon Sergey Polonsky, for September 20.10:59 11.09.2019
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022